Sigma Sigma Phi Psi Chapter Touro College of Osteopathic

Sigma Sigma Phi Psi Chapter Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York 230 W 125th Street New York, NY 10027 SSP Fall Conference Sunday, October 24, 2010 San Francisco, CA Representative: Ann Long, President 2010-2011

2009-2010 Leadership • • • • •

President: Ann Long Vice President: Mitchell Stroh Secretary: Mona Shalwala Treasurer: Justin Cherian Advisor: Joyce Brown, DO

Membership by Class 2011 • Alicia Granos • Birju Shah • Brian Yoon • Candice Barra • Carolyn Newman • Daniel Galante • Efren Caballes • James Jennings • Jeannie Bay • Jigesh Shah • Joshua Tartaglione • Julian Naranjo • Kathleen Coakley • Lauren Koffman • Matthew Mavroson • Merav Abraham • Mike Cullura • Molly Findley • Neha Sharma • Nicole Hotchkiss • Peter Abdelmessieh • Rebecca Kowaloff • Rodrigo Castro • Sean Teagarden • Sergey Moldavskiy • Shyam Patel • Simon Shapiro • Tiffanie Maxwell • Wei-Lin Yang • Yolande Kwok

2012 • Aziza Wahby • B Forest Plucknette • Bertha Castro • Christine Capriolo • Daniel Nahl • Eric Buxbaum • Holly Ringhauser • Kieran Leong • Konstantin Khariton • Louis Siegel • Matthew Hadilaksono • Michael Saulle • Nina Schatz-Siemers • Nora Rose Cooper-Surma • Pallavi Shankaraiah • Peter Lee • Priya Abraham • Rachel Brauner • Richard Romano • Robert Trasolini • Rohit Dewan • Shalom Butel • Steven Yoo • Sunberri Murphy

2013 • Alyssia McEwan • Amanda Trau • Ann Long • Baruch Meer • Benjamin Lippert • Brittany Simone • Cynthia Chen • Daniel Choe • Jamie Rygielski • Jay Patel • Jessica Abruzzino • Justin Cherian • Karen Schugt • Katherine Lee • Mitchell Stroh • Mona Bipin Shalwala • Percy Perino Huggins • Rachel Jones • Rachel Noelle Douglas • Shailee Upadhyaya • Stephen Rivoli

Past Events • Soup Kitchen volunteering – monthly, ongoing • Subject Review Sessions for Class of 2014 – monthly, ongoing – Student-led review sessions for exams

• “Spring Into Health” Health Fair, April 2010 – Harlem community health outreach event; blood glucose, blood pressure, and HIV screening

• Mock Anatomy Practicals, co-hosted with Surgery Club, August 2010 • Succeeding in Medical School Lecture, August 2010 – Presented information to 1st and 2nd year students on the residency match and what program directors look for – Invited panel of 3rd and 4th year students for Q&A session afterward to give advice on board exam prep and rotations

• Contigo spill-proof coffee mug sale fundraiser, Sept 2010 – To raise money for Fall Health Fair

Future Events • Fall Health Fair (projected date 11/5/10) – Glucose, Blood Pressure, HIV screening – Asthma screening and bone marrow drive

• Info session on osteopathic residencies (Dec. 2010) – Invite DO residency program directors to speak about their programs and the match process

• Medical Spanish workshop (Spring 2011) • Balancing Family Life and Medical School (Spring 2011), co-hosted with AMWA • Spring Health Fair (Spring 2011)

Goals for Psi Chapter • Make Sigma Sigma Phi the #1 academic resource at TouroCOM for 1st and 2nd years – – – –

Exam reviews One-on-one or group tutoring sessions Info on how to set up elective rotations Info on preparing for the residency match

• Integrate community service with minority outreach and osteopathic values – Added “Osteopathic Values” and “Minority Outreach” subcommittees to explore other avenues of possible community service opportunities – Foster inter-club cooperation to achieve this goal